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Articles at REQ lacking citations

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I've boldly merged these two sections because the articles have the same issues, the comments come from the same copy-editor and the requests come from the same requester, @SKAG123: (courtesy ping). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have withdrawn both nominations. I agree the articles need cleanup before copy editing can be done. SKAG123 (talk) 06:21, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has extensive citation issues so I wonder if it should be passed until these are fixed. Jim Killock (talk) 19:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

non-coord comment; looking through the article, I see huge chunks of uncited text that should be either cited or removed. i suggest a decline; GOCE is not Cleanup. I'll put the request on hold for now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil literature (original request)

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CC-BY-SA: text in this subsection copied from the Requests page here; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 22:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of NOPV and grammar issues. SKAG123 (talk) 05:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to make the same observation as regarding Deccan wars; this lacks citations. IDK what the Guild of Editors policy is, but it seems to me that editing something lacking citations is likely to be quickly undone, once they are checked. I'll see if the GoCE have a policy on this. Jim Killock (talk) 19:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The main page says "Articles that are undergoing rapid development, are the venue for edit-wars, or have other major problems that may result in a copy edit being replaced or reverted"; I would think that lack of citations falls into this category, so unfortunately this request should probably be declined. That isn't for me to decide however. Jim Killock (talk) 19:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 On hold per JimKillock above; discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 20:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Request withdrawn SKAG123 (talk) 06:20, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I copy edited about half of this, but note there are a lot of CN notices and wondered if these should be fixed first. Jim Killock (talk) 19:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

non-coord comment; looking through the article, I see huge chunks of uncited text that should be either cited or removed. i suggest a decline; GOCE is not Cleanup. I'll put the request on hold for now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:10, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deccan wars (original request)

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CC-BY-SA: text in this subsection copied from the Requests page here; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 22:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling SKAG123 (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done I've had a go at the first half of this, but with so many "citation needed" tags I wonder if this is a good idea. Surely it would be better to know the content is accurate before making a copy edit @SKAG123? Jim Killock (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 On hold per JimKillock above; discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 20:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Request withdrawn SKAG123 (talk) 06:17, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yugoslav Committee

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CC-BY-SA declaration; I copied text in this section from the Requests page here. See that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 00:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone please copyedit the Yugoslav Committee article? After the copyedit, I plan to nominate that article as a FAC. Thanks. Tomobe03 (talk) 23:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a few basic tidy ups to the first two sections. This seems in general very well written, I'm mostly picking up errors with definite / indefinite articles and the odd slightly non idiomatic usage of English. It is quite long tho, so I'll only edit if I see nobody picking it up. And note, I am a guest, not a member of the guild, just helping to speed up the queue in the interest of getting some help myself! Jim Killock (talk) 21:29, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Tomobe03 Please check what I have done so far for accuracy in case I've misunderstood anything. So far I've made copy edits up to but not including Supilo's resignation. Jim Killock (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jim Killock, I just reviewed the changes Everything appears just fine--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Tomobe03 OK I've finished my first pass, please check the sections Supilo's resignation to Aftermath. Fascinating bit of history. Good luck with your next steps. Once Tomobe03 has made his checks, it's over to the Guild to give this a further copy edit, but I hope I will have reduced the workload. Jim Killock (talk) 22:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jim Killock, I had a look at the second batch of changes and found no problems with them. (I spotted and removed a duplicate word though.) Thank you very much for taking time and effort to improve prose of this article.--Tomobe03 (talk) 10:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done Jim Killock (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  Working Baffle☿gab 21:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done 00:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Existence

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CC-BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 02:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to prepare this article for a feature article candidacy (FAC). I have done the first round of copyediting myself but there is probably still a lot of room for improvement. Thanks in advance. Phlsph7 (talk) 14:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at some of the copy here, and tbh the copy itself is pretty tightly written. The issues such as they are seem more to do with (a) concepts that are unfamiliar that need some introduction, or (b) concepts that further explanation. However these are not really copy edit issues. I went through some on the talk page and can try to do some more, but this is more a "peer review" style of feedback than a copy edit. I note there is a peer review taking place, since 23 January 2024. I would personally ask @Phlsph7: if this should be paused until the Peer Review is complete, so that the text is stable. As it is pretty tight anyway I think the copyedit will be quite light, except if there are outstanding comprehensibility issues. Jim Killock (talk) 15:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  Working Baffle☿gab 02:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Baffle☿gab 02:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Large sections of this are uncited, I'm not sure this is ready for a copy edit (ht @Lindsey40186) Jim Killock (talk) 07:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I'll try to get further on some of the other cleanup it needs before revisiting. Thanks! Lindsey40186 (talk) 16:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've marked the uncited and poorly cited sections with templates. Some of those cn tags are over a decade old so that material can be removed per WP:VERIFY. The GOCE is not CLEANUP and is not for cleanup. I'm going to put this request on hold for cleanup for a fortnight or so, after which I'll suggest we decline it if improvements aren't forthcoming. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Only one edit since the 16th, and that was to correct a typo, according to the edit summary. I suggest that this article be declined if it's sourcing is truly problematic (I myself would have tried to address any prose concerns, even if flying blind; but I may be too lenient in that respect). It's a fairly long article (~6700 words), and would take some time to do. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with you and Baffle that we should decline, since we have more than enough to do as it is. All the best, Miniapolis 13:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks both; I've declined because I don't see any signs of cleanup work going on there. @Lindsey40186:, feel free to re-request a full copy-edit once your cleanup work is completed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CC-BY-SA declaration; I copied text in this section from the Requests page here. See that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 19:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm currently working on a long overdue citation overhaul, but this thing could use a good deep cleaning too. Eventually I'd like to get it to GA (GAN), but we're a long way from that. Lindsey40186 (talk) 14:01, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of this does seem to be very lightly cited with sections probably uncited, which may make it a bit unstable for a copy edit @Lindsey40186. Just a thought, would it be better to finish the citation work first and come back with this request? Or if that can be done soon, to put this request on hold for a bit while you do that (given you have waited a long time for a reply etc)? Jim Killock (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  On hold per JimKillock above; the GOCE is not CLEANUP and is not for cleanup. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 17:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no Declined per discussion at REQ talk. I said I'd wait a fortnight but no improvements have been forthcoming and it's starting to snow here. Discuss at REQ talk (linked above). Baffle☿gab 19:32, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two requests from an IP editor on hold

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Hi all, I've just placed two requests from an IP editor on hold; they placed a super-request here; I divided it up and removed the third request here, and after checking the remaining two, RCTI and NTV7, I see that IP address hasn't edited either article. According to the REQ page's notes, I could automatically decline them but thought I'd bring the issue here for discussion. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:48, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't the IP the same as what User:Wracking found was liberally tagging articles that dealt with broadcast stations throughout SE Asia? I would agree with declining, as well as further undoing of what seems to be a lot of drive-by tagging. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:31, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with you both about declining. All the best, Miniapolis 23:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks both for your responses; I've declined the requests. I hadn't connected the indiscriminate tagging discussed here (permalink; scroll to the bottom... section not linked because it contains {{copy edit}}!) with this editor but it could well be the same person, who knows? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with the decline. Seems like the same editor with a moving IP, based on similar editing behavior and WHOIS details.
36.78.190.26 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
Sorted 5 IPv4 addresses:
36.69.19.182
36.76.0.174
36.78.190.26
36.78.199.20
36.78.199.90
Total
affected
Affected
addresses
Given
addresses
Range Contribs
32K 1 1 36.69.19.182 contribs
1 1 36.76.0.174 contribs
32768 3 36.78.128.0/17 contribs
131 1 1 36.69.19.182 contribs
1 1 36.76.0.174 contribs
1 1 36.78.190.26 contribs
128 2 36.78.199.0/25 contribs
5 1 1 36.69.19.182 contribs
1 1 36.76.0.174 contribs
1 1 36.78.190.26 contribs
1 1 36.78.199.20 contribs
1 1 36.78.199.90 contribs
Wracking talk! 00:02, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beat Happening (album)

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CC BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 01:40, 22 June 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Possible GAN. MusicforthePeople (talk) 08:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Working Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: Jonathan Deamer's last edit was on 22 May. He may be inactive. Mox Eden (talk) 14:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Mox Eden, I've asked for an update on this request at the user's talk page here. Baffle☿gab 11:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There have been no further edits from that editor so I've struck their Working tag. This request is now open to all. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 21:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Baffle gab1978, @Mox Eden for handling this, and sorry to disappear. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  Partly done Jonathan Deamer (talk) 23:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC) (marked, timestamped and signed by Baffle_gab1978 for archiving reasons, for which I won't be signing this post; discuss at REQ Talk (linked above)).[reply]

 Working Baffle☿gab 23:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Baffle☿gab 01:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Mamie Van Doren on hold

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Hi all, I've put the request for the above article on hold here. I've done this because the requester @GreyChen: (courtesy ping) asks for help with article building and text citing, and because that BLP article has major sourcing problems. I've tagged the article and welcomed the requester on their talk page. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Baffle. I suggest we decline after giving Wcamp9 (formerly GreyChen) time to reply. In addition to poor sourcing for a BLP, there are too many images; a copyedit would be pointless before the poorly-sourced content is removed, and deciding which images belong in the article is above our pay grade. All the best, Miniapolis 13:38, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, this editor seems to be inexperienced so I've left a note on their talk page; they may have disabled pings. I'm happy to let the request sit there for a while (but not too long). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I've declined this request per above. I also note the article is undergoing rapid development by two editors; @Wcamp9:, feel free to relist this article here once it is stable and the lack of references has been fixed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:44, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I would like to note that there is not too many references that can be used for Mamie Van Doren. Therefore, much of the article is built off of her Playing the Field memoir and her own accounts of situations as there is unfortunately no better options. Wcamp9 (talk) 19:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Wcamp9:, it's best not to heavily base biographies of living people (BLPs) articles on primary sources. If material in a BLP article cannot be sourced from secondary sources, it's usually best to remove it. Please see Wikipedia's guidance on BLP sourcing. Good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I will try to find a secondary source or remove some more biased material that is put in the article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:09, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
However, I believe I will need some help from additional editors for this article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think you should check out the page. I think you especially or someone else can identify whatever issues there are Wcamp9 (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that; I'll have a look but I shalln't be doing major content work there. I notice several of the images used are up for deletion on Commons here; that may help prune the excess of images there. Feel free to discuss the article on the article's talk page; I've left you a few suggestions for improvements there. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 06:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Auction theory

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CC-BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 01:35, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This whole article is full of grammatical errors and bad writing. I tried to fix some of it but it's pretty long so I thought I'd notify you guys. A lot of the wording is very unclear and hard to read, and it's like this in a lot of places. TypoEater (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TypoEater: Quite large sections of this seem to be uncited or poorly cited. It may not take much to fix that but it's probably needed before a copy edit, to ensure that it remains stable? Jim Killock (talk) 07:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, this article is kind of a mess in general and I didn't even notice the bad sourcing. I don't have much experience with finding sources for uncited claims, so it might be a good idea to get some more people involved here, seeing as this is turning out to be a bigger and wider issue than I first thought. TypoEater (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, I've just put the request for the above article on hold because the event is ongoing and the article is under rapid development; see its history. I suggest we decline this request for now. Courtesy pinging the requester @Mehedi Abedin:. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 16:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Victor Macedo

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CC BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a CE and possibly feedback on a biography I published last month for Victor Macedo, general manager for the Peruvian Amazon Company agency of La Chorrera. Arawoke (talk) 13:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wracking:, are you still copy-editing this article? Your last edit there was 21:41, 23 June 2024‎. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've asked Wracking about the progress of this request at their talk page here (diff). Baffle☿gab 00:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Baffle IRL took over for a bit but I should be able to finish this off shortly. Wracking talk! 02:21, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: So, will we need to have someone take over for @Wracking, given that they have not edited at all since 6 July? Mox Eden (talk) 17:15, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It looks that way, Mox; I've struck Wracking's working tag. @Wracking:, feel free to unstrike and continue if you return before another c/e takes this request. Until then, this request is open to all. Discuss this at REQ Talk. Baffle☿gab 01:44, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Striking the tag is alright with me. I will return if able. I did leave a hidden comment in the article noting my progress; did not copy edit the lead. Thanks, all, for understanding! Wracking talk! 03:16, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Partly done: Wracking did a fair bit of work here and deserves credit for it. Sig added by Baffle_gab1978 at the timestamp. Wracking 23:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  Working; I've done a few of these articles so I might as well take this one. Thanks for your work, Wracking. Baffle☿gab 23:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Baffle☿gab 04:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doolittle (album)

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CC BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:11, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Apollogetticax has been blocked as a sockpuppet account; see their talk page (permalink). Baffle☿gab 05:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A featured article currently going through a Featured article review (FAR). Like a lot of music articles on wiki it suffers from journalese, most of which have tried to remove, but help would be gratefully appreciated. Ceoil (talk) 14:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 WorkingApollogetticax|talk 23:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Apollogetticax, when are you going to work on this article? Mox Eden (talk) 12:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I'm sorry. I am currently on wikibreak, but when I'm back (excpect another few days), I'll get to it. Apollogetticax|talk 16:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Apollogetticax:, do you still intend to copy-edit this article or can we strike your working tag? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, I decided I need more experience with worse articles, like those in the backlog, since they are lower quality and I can find the mistakes quicklier. I may come back to do it once I feel I am ready, but for now you can strike the tag. Apollogetticax|talk 02:06, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Apollogetticax, I've struck the tag. This request is now open to all. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

()  Working Baffle☿gab 22:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Baffle☿gab 05:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tiger

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CC BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by Dhtwiki (talk); see that page's history for full attribution. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Want to prepare this for FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LittleJerry: Congratulations, as this article was promoted to featured article status as of July 25. However, does it need attention from the guild at this point? I also note that there has been considerable editing activity since then, and we are usually reluctant to undertake copy edits on articles that are in such a state of flux. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I guess its not needed. LittleJerry (talk) 22:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]